System for power line protection



Dec. 19, 1933. L. F. HUNT ET AL lSYSTEM FOR POWER LINE PROTECTION Filed May 6, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fifa/Zi' 50o/i257@ E www Dec. 19, 1933. l.. F, HUNT r-:r AL

SYSTEM FOR POWER LINE PROTECTION Filed May e, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 SNN,

Patented Dec. 19,1933

l "1,940,303" SYSTEM Fony POWER LINE rRo'rEcTIoN l Lloyd ,v

F. Hunt',.,-Los Angeles,` and Frd*B. I

Doolittle, Glendale,Calif.y

- Apes-muon May s, 1932.' seiaifNo. 000,662

isiolaims. (o1. F15-294) Y 'Ifliisinvention relates 'to asystem lfor Vprotecting power distributingk lines, and it is a general object of the invention to provide a simple, effectrapidly operating line pro-` tiv'e, dependable and .55. tectingsystem. Y l l f i Electrical distributing systems usually rinvolve two sources of power delivering energy to a single main circuit, which circuit isgdivided into sections by sub-stations. In practice,` thereV are times 10 when trouble or faults develop" in the sections of such power lines,l making is'desirable to dis. connect orcut out asectionas'it becomes faulted without cutting 'out the other sections. Protective systems have been developed andv used '15T for accomplishing this purpose, itrbeingcommon practice to equip power lineswith circuit breakers 4controlled by directional over-load relays; The usual installation of this type involves' circuit breakers atboth ends of each section of the 20 power lineand'directional overload relay mechanisms at the circuit breakers. The relay mechanisms inthe protective systemsheretofore available have made itnecessary to introduce features of time delay inthe vrelays in order to pre- 255 vent simultaneous operation of all of the relaysy and their connected circuit breakers upon a fault occurring in any one section of the circuit."A With time delay factors involved in a protectivesystem, it may take a comparatively longtime for "305 a line sectionto be cut out, and during such pe- .riod of time, damage may be done to the entire system or to temt It is a primary objectof this invention to pro- 35'1 vide "a power line protecting system 'which is extremely rapid in operation and which is operable to kdisconnect or out out'any'section of the power line immediatelyl upon afault occurring in suchk sectionand without requiring a cumula- -40' tive time delay in orderto prevent the disconnecting of other section'sof thesystem,

Y It isanother object o fithis invention to pro# vide a protective system of the general type mentioned in which signals are communicated betweenthe units of the protective system to .con-V trol the action of the units of the protective systern without the necessityof time delay. n Another objectv of thisinventio is to provide a protective system of the general character men-` 5` tioned, which is simple, and also eifective and dependable in operation. Y v 1 Various objects and features of our invention will be best and'more fullyunderstood from the following detailed `description of atypical form andi application `of the invention` throughout equipment operated 'from the "sys-A ployed by power. distributing companies;

whi'ehdescription we will referl'to panying vdrawings in which: f i

Figjlis a general diagrammaticviewfofa power system employing a protective systemv of the present invention and Fig. 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic view illustrating v4the details ofva 'singleunit of the system. i Y f The' protective system contemplated'b'y our present'` invention is applicable, generally, to. power' distributing systems, and maybe applied 65 to advantage to power systems in which the power is handled-through Athe various'wiring systems usually employedinfhandling electrical energy.

It: isy to be understood, of coursethat 'in apply- Ving the invention to power distributing-'systems 70 or various types, certain modifications andvari-y ations may be necessary.` Further; the present invention is primarily concerned with a pro"- -tective systemand not withfrdetailed units of l `equipment such as individual' relaysh trans- 75 r'.

ormeracircuit breakers,letc. j v v p Insetting forth the invention, reference is: .be` inginade to rcertain types andarrangem'ntsof relays andother parts,`such reference being priinarily' for the purposey of setting forthV one par- 80% ticular application 'of the invention, and is therefore not to be construed-as limiting the scope or nature of the invention. vIn the drawings to which reference will be made,r we have" illustrated in'Fig. -2,a unit lof a yprotective :system ElfiV embodying the invention, "and have illustrated various devices or Aparts in such system in a general or diagrammatic form in order to `avoidneedlessand confusing details such as might appeary where the individual devices set :forth in detail. 90-

f In the diagram Fig. l we Vdisclose a power sys-f tern offa type and arrangement commonly em- We have, in `this diagram, illustrated two spaced sources of power A and'B connected by a singley 95?v k power line carried by three main conductors-10, lland 12,.the circuit being a three phase circuit with or withouta grounded neutral. The circuit between the sources of power A and B is divided into several sections FQ'G, H and I by means of 100 sub-stations C, D and'E. f

` In accordance with the general principles of the present invention, a vunitX of protective equipment is employed at each end of each section of the power'circuit, the several unitsX- 105 of the protective system being l`inter-c nnected Vthrough a signaling system as will be herein-` aftermore fully described-` Wewill flrstvset forth in detail a single unit X'of the protective system, that is', a unit such as occursat each 110 end of each section of the main circuit, it being understood that such description applies equally to all of the protective units in the system.

Referring now to Fig. 2 of the drawings, wherein we illustrate one complete unit X of the system of our invention, we will first designate the main or principal parts. The unit about to be described being located at one endof one section of the power system is shown in combination with the main lines 10, l1 and 12 of the main circuit, and substation bus-bars 13, 14 and 15 connected with the lines 10, 11 and 12, respectively.

The unit involves a circuit breaker 16 connected to the main lines 10, 11 and 12 immediately ahead of the connection of such lines with the bus-bars 13, 14 and 15, The circuit breaker 16 is adapted to be operated by a battery or other power circuit of the sub-station.

In the diagram it is shown connected for operation by current carried by lines 17 and 18. The breaker operating circuit includes a plurality of relays which control the current carried by the lines 18 and 17, and which are governed by the control means of the present invention as will be hereinafter described. In the particular application of the invention being set forth, we illustrate three short time delay over-current phase relays 19, 20 and 21, and short time delay over-current ground relay 22 connected in the circuit carried by lines 17 and 18 so that the closing of any one of the said relays completes the circuit, and results in operation of the circuit breaker 16. In the equipment illustrated diagrammatically in the drawings, the relays 19, 20 and 21 and 22 have normally open contacts 19, 20a, 21a, and 22a, respectively, for controlling the circuit to the circuit breaker 16.

The control means of the present invention involves parts which connect the circuit breaker controlling relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 with the lines 10, 11 and 12 of the main power line so that a fault or pre-determined disturbance in the circuit of the main line causes operation of one of the said relays and it further includes means inter-connecting the units Xrat the two ends of the main circuit section.

The control meansy of the present invention as illustrated in the diagram Fig. 2 includes a potential transformer 23 and a current transformer 24 both connected for energization by the main power circuit. The current transformer 24 is shown applied to the main power lines 10, 11 and 12, while the potential transformer is shown connected withy the bus-bars 13, 14 and 15. A directional relay 25 responsive to direction of three phase power ow is connected with the transformers and with fast over-current relays 26, 27 and 28. A lock-out relay 29 is operated through the contacts of the relays just nientioned to start the signal transmitter T through contacts 96 and 97 and to energize the coil or a cut-out relay, 30 through contacts 98 and 99. The closing of the contacts of cut-out relay 30, cuts out relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 by short circuiting the coil of relay 19 through contacts 104 and 107, of relay 20 through contacts 106 and 107 of relay 21 through contacts 104 and 107 and relay 22 through the combination of contacts 104, 105 and 106 with 107. A directional residual relay-31 is energized with residual voltage from the delta connected secondary of the potential transformer 23 by means of a transformer 32b through which the delta is closed, and with residual current from the current transformers, star connected after passing through relays 25, 26, 27, 28 and 19, 20, 21 and the residual lead through relays 22 and 31 and back to the common point of the three current transformers.

The potential transformer 23 may have three primary windings, 32, 33 and 34, each having one pole connected to ground through a connection 35 and having their other poles connected to the busbars 13, 14 and 15 by connections 36, 37 and 38, respectively. Secondary windings 32a, 33a and 33o are related to the primary windings 32, 33 and 34, respectively. The windings 32 and 33BL are connected together and to a line 39 which extends from the transformer 23 to one potential coil, 55, of the directional relay 25. Windings .'33a and 33b are connected together and to a line 40 which connects with another potential coil, 59, of the directional relay 25. Windings 32 and 33b are connected together and to a line 41 which connects with another potential coil, 57, of the directional relay 25. The winding 32b hereinabove mentioned is arranged to be excited by flow in the delta formed by the inter-connection of 32, 33EL and 33h, as will be apparent from the diagram.

The current transformers 24 include, primarily, three windings 24a, 24b and 24c related to the main lines l0, 11 and 12, respectively. One pole of each winding is connected to a common line 42 which extends from the current transformers to the relay 3l. The other poles of the windings 24a, 24b and 24c connect to lines 43, 44 and 45, respectively, which connect to current coils of the relay 25 as will be hereinafter described.

The power directional relay 25 illustrated diagrammatically in the drawings includes, generally, aV unit 46 mounted for rotation, which unit carries discs 47 and 48, and a contact 49. The contact 49 is connected with a line 50 and is adapted to cooperate with a contact 51 connected by a line 52 with one side of the operating circuit of the substation. The rotation of the unit 46 is damped by a fixed field element 53 related to the disc 47, and the direction of torque on the unit 46 is governe-d by windings 54 and 55 related to the disc 47 and windings 56, 57, 58 and 59 related to the disc 43. One pole of the winding 54 is connected with the line 45 from the transformer 24C, while the other pole of the winding 54 is connected with relay 26 by line 60. One pole of the winding 56 is connected with the line 43 from the transformer 24R, while the other pole of the winding 56 is connected with the relay 28 by a connection 63. One pole of the winding 58 is connected with line 44 from the transformer 24b while the other pole of the winding 58 is connected with relay 27 by line 64.

The relay 26 is a fast or instantaneous over-current relay including stationary contacts 70 and 71, and a movable contact 72 controlled by winding 73. The contact 70 is connected with line 50 from the relay 25, while the contact 71 is connected with relay 27 by a line 81. One pole of the relay winding 73 is connected with the line 60 from the relay 25, while the other pole connects with lines 74 and 75 which connect with relays 19 and 30, respectively.

The relay 27 is a fast or instantaneous over-cur rent relay including stationary contacts 76 and 77, a movable contact 78, and a winding 79 controlling the contact 78. The contact 76 is connected with the contact 70 of relay 26 by a line 80, while the contact 77 is connected with contact 71 of relay 26 by line 81 and with a line 82 which extends to a winding 84 of relay 29 and to the movable contact 841 of relay 31. One pole lll from relay 25, while the Other polek is connected with the relay30 by a line 85. The relay 28A is av fast oninstantaneous over-current relay having stationary contacts88 and 89 and a movable contact 90 controlledby winding 91.v The .contact 88- is connected to contact 70 of jrelay k26 by a line 92,7while contact 89v is connectedwith contact 7l of relay 26 by a line 93. One pole of the winding 91 is connected with line 63 from -relay 25, whileA the other pole ofthe winding 91 vis connectedwith' nectedr by means of lines100and 101 with a signal ytransmitter T, while the contacts 98 and 99 are.

`connected by means of lines 102 and 103.1n parallel with the contacts of a signal receiver R and i the contact 98 is connected yby line 109 tocoi1 108 of'relay 30.

Thecut-out relay 30 includes stationary con-l" tacts 104', 105, and-106, a movable .contact 107 and a winding 108. The Contact 104 isconnected with line94 from. the windingof relay 28. The Contact 105 is connected with line 75 from relay 26, whilevrcontact 106 is connected with line 85 from relay 27. One pole of thewinding 108` is'l connectedwith onev side of the sub-station .circuit by line 52,while;the otherpole isconne'cted' wit-hline 102 to the receiver R by a line 109.

The ground relay Sl'includes a rotatable unit 110 carrying a contact 641 and a disc` 11.1. The rotation of the unit 1101s damped by a fixed field piece 112 and the direction'of torque onf110 is governed by windings 113 and 114. The contact 841 is adaptedto cooperate with a iix'edvcontact llconnected with line .52. 'Ihe contact 841 is connected with reay 27 by line 82. The winding 118V has one pole connected with line 20lfrorn relay '30 and 22 and has the other pole' connected .with line 42 from transformers 24. vThe winding 114 vhas one pole connected with cnepole of the Winding 82,b by line 118 and-has the other .pole

connected tothe other poleoffthe winding 32"k by line 119.

. The `inter-,connection betweenv the units of the h control system located at the endsfof each section .of .thepower line is an important and outstanding signal receiver R at each unit as abovefdescribed.

The transmitter 'I and receiver R have one pole connected to ground through a ground connection `120 and the other connectedv with one of the main lines of the'power circuit, `for instance, the line 1l through aconnection 121 provided with acoupling capacitorg122, the line 11 being provided with aA radio frequency trap 123. y

YThe transmitters andrreceiversof the `units X at the two ends of each section are connected either by wired circuits, by carrier current, or by other means and areisolated or separatedfrom the transmitters and receivers ofthe other units X of the system so. that a signal sent byw-a transmittel* invany one section operates only theref system.

, ceiver at the' opposite end of that section. We

have shown tuned traps123 ofv the unit` X for. confining the signals to the desiredsections of the i The protective .system of the presentinvention as above describedis responsive to various fault conditions` in the main power circuit and is selec--` tivevr to .disconnect only` the section of the power circuit inr which the fault occurs. .i In describing the operation of the protective system, the sections of line in Fig. 1 will be con-A sidered as equipped atboth ends lwith unitsy X constructed as above described, for example, the action of therelays at the ends of 'the section H,-assumed`toA be faulted, and-the `action of the relays at they ends of section G; assumed .to be clear, will bel explained for the following fault conditions:v

. I Three phase fault II Phase to phase fault II'I Two phase to ground .fault IV One phase resistance v f V One phase to ground with -low fault to Yground kwith'high fault resistance..

H to the station busses will*A perform as follows: Referring to Fig. 2, overload current will flow circuit breaker 16, through current' transformers .with` the circuit breakers connecting linel section .from the station busses 18',` 14 and 15 through 24 and .thence `via the. main line to the short circuit.l yThe short circuitcurrent throughcur- .rent transformers 24 will induce' heavy secondary current in windings 24a, 24, and 24c which clon-` nect through thecurrent coils of relay 25,' 26,27

. if the three phase fault is balanced, thus leaving ,Ano `residual `current to rpass through relays `22 and 31 and back to the connection common .to the I thru current transformer. secondaries 24a, 24h and Since thefault Ycurrent iiows from the bus to the short circuit, the directionof the secondary vcurrent in 24a, 24h, and 24c is such that, in passing through the current coils 54,r 58, and 56 of power directional relay 25, it tends to rotate element 46 vin the direction that holds contacts 49 and 51 open. In passing through the coils of relays 26,`

`27 and 28 the current will close the contacts of` thes'erelays, `but since the contacts of relays 26, 27 and 28 are in series with the contacts of relayV 25 which are open, nothingrfurther occurs. Since the contacts of relay 30 are open, the current from the coils of 26, 27 and 28 cannot pass through lines 75', 85 and 94 but must go on through the'coilsof. relays 1'9, 20 and2l` causing them to close their contacts after a slight time delay.r Closing the contacts `of 19, 20 or 21 will energize the trip coil of circuit breaker 16 vfrom the station operating circuit carried by lines A17 and 18, thus opening circuit breaker 16and clearing the faulted section f of line from the `bus,'13, 14 and l5. The action yjust describedtakes place in the equipment at f bothends of line section H thus clearing fromthe Y system, section H of Fig. 1 which was assumed to contain. the three `phase fault.

' In orderthat the other sections of line F, Gr` and I shallV not tripl out due to the. three phase fault in `section H the equipmentat the-ends ofy these `sections must function. Forthe` purpose of illustrationthis action will be described at the ends of section G, the functioning for the other unfaulted sections being similar to that for G.

Referring to Fig. 2 in the unit X controlling section G at station D, the fault current will be owing from source A through station C, lines 10, 11, 12 through current transformers 24, circuit breaker 16 to bus 13, 14 and 15 at station D and thence out on section H to the three phase fault. The current flowing toward the bus thru current transformers 24 will induce heavy secondary currents in windings 24a, 24h, and 24C which connect thru current coils of relays 25, 26, 27, 28, 19, 20, and 21 to the common wire 200 where the phase currents will neutralize for the balanced three phase fault leaving no residual to pass through the coils of relays 22 and 31. Since the fault current in this case is fiowing toward the bus through current transformers 24, the direction of the secondary current in 24a, 24b and 24c is such that in passing through the current coils 54, 58 and 56 of the power directional relay 25, it tends to rotate element 46 in the direction to close contacts 49 and 51. Likewise in passing through the coils of relays 26, 27 and 28 the current will cause the closing of these relay contacts. We have now energized the coil of relay 29 from the operating current of the thru contacts 51 and 49 of relay 25, contacts and 71 of relay 26 (and/or contacts 88 of relay 28, and/or contacts 76 and 77 .of relay 27) 'through line 82 and coil 84 of relay 29 and to the other side of the source, 18. Relay 29 will now close contacts 96 and 97 starting the signal transmitter, T, and will also close contacts 98 and 99 energizing the coil of relay 30 from .i the operating current of the station through contacts 98 and 99, line 109, coil 108 of relay 30 and by line 52 back to line 17 of station operating current. Since the coil of relay 30 is now energized it will close its contacts, 104, 105, 106 and 'j 107 thus connecting together lines 75, 85, 94 and 201 which provides a path for the current from current transformer secondaries 24a, 24b and 24c through coils 54. 58 and 56 of relay 25, and the coils of relays 26, 27 and 28, the contacts of relay 30 back to the current transformers 24 Via line 201, coil 113 of relay 31 and line 42, without going through the coils of relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 which therefore do not close their contacts. It will be noted that until the above sequence is completed Land the contacts of relay 30 are closed, the coils of relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 are in the current transformer secondary circuit and are energized. For this reason, relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 are set with sufficient time delay that the contacts of relay 30 will be closed, cutting out the coils of relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 before their contacts shall have had time to close. Since the contacts of 19, 20, 21 and 22 do not close, the trip coil of circuit breaker 16 is not energized and the circuit breaker 16, connecting live section G to station D remains closed.

In order that live section G remain in service, it is necessary that the circuit breaker controlling this section at station C also remain closed. We will now refer to the breaker and unit X at station C. It will be remembered that the operation of relay 29 on this line section at station D, started operation of a signal transmitter T. This signal is received at station C by means of the receiver R which closes its contacts connecting leads 102 and 103 which energizes coil 108 of relay 30 from line 18 of the station operating circuit through line 103, the contacts of R, line 102, line 109, coil 108 and line 52 back to the other side 17 of the station operating circuit. The coil of relay 30 being energized results in the closing of its contacts, 104, 105, 106 and 107 cutting out the coils of relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 before the contacts of these relays shall have had time to close as described above. At station C, the direction of the fault current through current transformer 24 is toward the fault in section H that the directional relay contacts of relays 25 and 31 remain open, therefore it is necessary to depend upon the signal transmitted from station D to hold in circuit breaker 16 at station C.

I1. A phase to phase fault in section H assuming conductors 10 and 11 to be short circuited will be clearedk by the units X at the ends of section H. In this'case the operation is the same as for the through phase fault above described except that there will be overload currents induced in but two of the secondaries of current transformers 24 these being 242L and 24b for the fault between line conductors 10 and 11. The contacts of relays 28 and 27 will close but will not complete any circuit since these contacts are in series with the contacts of relay 25. The coils of relays 20 and 21 will be energized, causing these relays to close their contacts which will trip the circuit breakers 16 at the ends of section H as previously described. Since the fault is between phases, no ground being involved, there will be no residual current to return through relays 22 and 31 and hence the contacts of these relays will remain open.

' For the phase to phase fault in section H, the

protective equipment in the other line sections must prevent their automatic disconnection from the system. The relay action is exactly the same as for the three phase fault except that in this case there will be current in only two of the three current coils of relay 25 and only relays 28 and 27 will close contacts. However, this completes the circuit energizing relay 29 which accomplishes the cutting out of relays 19, 20, 21 and 22 at the near end through relay 30 and at the far end by means of the transmitted signal exactly in the same manner as this was done in the case of the three phase fault previously described.

III. In the case of the two phase to ground fault, the phase relays will function at the various locations exactly as described for the phase to phase fault but in this case the fault is also to ground and therefore the residual relays 22 and 31 are energized. The contacts of relay 31 control the same circuit as the contacts of relays 25 and 26 (and/or 27, and/or 28), in series and for this type of fault the contacts of relay L 31 will be closed or open respectively at the same stations as the contacts of 25 are closed or open so the functioning of the protective system will be the same as for the phase to phase fault previously described.

IV. In case the main line conductor 10, in section H, is faulted to ground through a high resistance and assume that the conditions of the system are such that three phase power is flowing from station D to station E through the faulted live section H and that the amount of this three phase power is in excess of the single phase fault power iiowing away fromstation E `to the high resistance fault in live section H.

In the case of the unit X in live section H at station E of Fig. 1, the three phase load power will be iiowing toward station E bus and therefore relay 25 will close its contacts but the magnitude of the currents through the coils of relays 26, 27 and 28 Will be so small that none of these Aand 28.`

sistance that the load currents predominate over Vthe ground fault current indeterminingthe direction of the resultant torque 'on element 46 of relay 25. .Since relays 26,127 and 28 are open for this fault condition relay 29 will not be energized through the contacts of relays 25,126, 27

Since this is aground fault, there willI be residual current through coil113 of relay 31, but this will be in the direction to hold the contacts of `relay 31 open and therefore relayl 29 will not be operated throughthese contacts. Since relay 29 is'not operated through either of the possible paths, and noV signal is received from the equipment at station D as will presently beV shown, relay 30 does not operate and circuit breaker 16 is opened after slight time delay by the closing of the contacts of residual Aoverloadrelay22. This clears the faulted section of live Hirom station D. ma f, `f`

Now considering the unit Xin Fig. 2, section H at station D. .At this unitfboth `the three phase power flow to the load andthe single phase current flow tothe fault will be away from the station bus. VTherefore neither relay 25 or 31 will close contacts and relays 29and `30 lwill not be.`energized and Atransmitter T will not transmit. Hence Ythe faulted section of line will becleared at Astation D by the openingof circuit breakerv 1Gk from` the closing' of the coni tacts of residual overload relay 22.*," f

The ground fault current in line section G vat station C and D wouldtend to operateA relays 22y atthese stations but this is avoided at station D by the closingofthe contacts of residual directional relayl 31, since groundV fault 'current is flowing toward .stationD from nline section G, Closing of the contacts of relay 31 completes the circuit from power source 1'7 through lead 115, contacts 84, lead 82 through coil 84 and back to 18, the other side of the station powersource. This closes the contacts of relay 2,9 vwhich starts transmitter T through contacts 96 and 97-and 'contacts and holding line section G in service'at station C. i

V. In the case ofl thephase to ground fault with lowfault resistance, both the `residual clirectional and three phase power directional relays are either close oropen their contactsalike at therespectivejstations as determined by the direction of power ow and ground fault current iiow whichwill be the same diiectionior the low resistance ground fault. The Vactionlof the protective scheme vat the various stations will be exactly the same as previously` described from this point on. Y

Having described only a typically preferred form of our invention, we do not wish to limit` ourselves to the specific details set forth, but wish to reserve to ourselves any changes orvariations that may appear to those skilled in the art or fall within the scope of theA following claims. Having describedV our invention we claim:

V1. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with-each end of aline section, and each `including a circuit breaker controlling vthe line,

a time delay overcurrent trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with' a section ofthe line `to be directly responsive to overcurrent in the line, and a cut out relay for the overcurrent time delay relay, and means connected with said line section whereby the out out relay of a unit is operated upon overcurrent flow in a ,single direction in said section `oi. the

line. i

2. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling theline, a time delay overcurrent trip relay controlling the breaker,` a connection between the trip relay andone section of the line whereby the re-f layis'directly responsive to overcurrent ilow in the line, and a cut out relay in said connection for rendering the relay inoperative, land means connected with said line section and the `out out relay of the unit whereby the cut out relay is operated upon overcurrent iiow in a single dii rection in said section of the 1ine.` i

3. A protective system fora sectional current carrying line including, protective unitsconnected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay overcurrent trip relay controlling the breaker, a connection between the trip relay and one section of .the line whereby",the relay. is directly responsive to overcurrentflow in the line, `and acut out relay in said connection for'cutting out the trip relay, and means connected with the said line section and the cut out f lrelay whereby the cutout relay is operated upon overcurrentflow in `one direction only in said line section.,k

4. A protective systernfor a sectional multi- "phase current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a linelsection and each including, a circuit breaker controlling the line, aplurality of time delaytrip relays controlling the breaker, connecting means connect- .ing each. phase of the line with a trip relay wherei by a trip relay is operated upon overcurrent iiow ,ofn predetermined` duration on any phase of the line, and cut out means for the trip relays, and `means connectedwith said line section andthe cutout means of the units connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is immediately operated upon overcurrent flow in a single direction in said section of the line.

, 5. Aprotective system for a sectional current ycarrying line including, protective units connected with each `endof a line section, Vand each including acircuitl breaker controlling the line,

a timedelay trip relay controlling the breaker, a connection between the trip relay and lone section of the line whereby the trip relay is energized-byfresidual current from the line, and cutout means in said connection for rendering the relay4 inoperative, and means connected with said line section and the out out means of the unit whereby the cut out means is operated upon residual current iiow in a single direction in said section of the line. f i

6. A protective system for a sectional multiphase current carrying line including'protective units connected with each end of a line section and each including, a circuit breaker controlling the line, a plurality of time delay trip relays controlling the breaker, connecting means between the relays and the line section including a connection with one trip relay whereby it is operated by residual current flow from the line and connections between each phase of the line and a trip relay whereby a trip relay is operated upon overcurrent ilow of a predetermined duration occurring in any phase of the line section, and cut out means for the trip relays, and means connected with said line section and the cut out means of the units connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is immediately operated upon overcurrent or residual current flow in a single direction in said section of the line.

7. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay overcurrent trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the line to be directly responsive to overcurrent in the line, and cut out means for the time delay relay, and control means connected with said line section and the cut out means of the units connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is operated upon overcurrent flow in a single direction in said section of the line7 the control means including a fast overcurrent relay operatively connected with the line section.

8. AA protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay overcurrent trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the line to be directly responsive to overcurrent in the line, and cut out means for the time delay relay, and control means connected with said line section and the cut out means of the units connected with said line section whereby the cut out means or^ a unit is operated upon overcurrent flow in a single direction in said section of the line, the control means including a fast overcurrent relay and a lock out relay controlled by the overcurrent relay.

9. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the line to be responsive to overcurrent in the line, and cut out means for the time delay relay, and control means connected with said section whereby the out out means of a unit is operated upon overcurrent flow in a single direction in said section of the line, the control means including cooperating relays at each unit, one a lock out relay and the other a fast overcurrent relay.

10. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a. line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the line to be responsive to overcurrent in the line, and cut out means for the time delay relay, and control means connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is operated upon overcurrent flow in a single direction in said section of the line, the control means including cooperating relays at each unit, one a directional relay and one a fast overcurrent relay.

ll. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the line to be responsive to overcurrent in the line, and cut out means for the time delay relay, and control means connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is operated upon overcurrent ow in a single direction in said section of the line, the control means including cooperating relays at each unit, one a directional relay, one a fast overcurrent relay and one a lock out relay.

l2. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the line to be responsive to overcurrent in the line, and cut out means for the time delay relay,V and control means connected with said line section and the cut out means of the units connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is operated upon overcurrent ow in a single direction in said section of the line, the control means including a fast overcurrent relay, a lock out relay controlling the cut out means, and a signal transmitter controlled by the lock out relay.

13. A protective system for a sectional current carrying line including, protective units connected with each end of a line section, and each including a circuit breaker controlling the line, a time delay trip relay controlling the breaker and operatively connected with a section of the `line to be responsive to overcurrent in the line,

and cut out means for the time delay relay, and control means connected with said line section and the cut out means of the units connected with said line section whereby the cut out means of a unit is operated upon overcurrent flow in a single direction in said section of the line, the control means including a signal receiver at the unit for operating the cut out means.

LLOYD F. HUNT. FRED B. DOOLITTLE. 

